As James F. Tracy, a former professor of communications at Florida Atlantic University,emphasizes:

Since the end of World War Two the Central Intelligence Agency has been a major force in US and foreign news media, exerting considerable influence over what the public sees, hears and reads on a regular basis. CIA publicists and journalists alike will assert they have few, if any, relationships, yet the seldom acknowledged history of their intimate collaboration indicates a far different story–indeed, one that media historians are reluctant to examine.

Not long ago, Emma Best fromMuckrockwrote an article about how, in 1984, the CIA planned to infiltrate academia and media, and her article was retweeted by Edward Snowden. You can view that documenthere, and read more about ithere.

The information above makes it clear why it should really come as no surprise that Anderson Cooper, CNN’s primary anchor, and host of the CNN news showAnderson Cooper 360, also has connections to the intelligence agency, and probably still does. The document presented above shows close “relationships with reporters from every major television network in the nation,” so it’s reasonable to assume the same of Cooper.

What lends even more credibility to that hypothesis is the fact that, while attending Yale University as an undergraduate, he was actually anintern at the CIA. Furthermore, his uncle, William Henry Vanderbilt III,wasan Executive Officer of the Special Operations Branch of the OSS under the spy organization’s founder, William “Wild Bill” Donovan. Healsoreached the rank of captain in the navy during WW2. (Alternate Source)

Cooper also comes from one of the richest families in American history, and one of the wealthiest figures on the planet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, also known as “Commodor Vanderbuilt,” who built his wealth on railroads and shipping.

As you can see above, the link between mainstream media and intelligence agencies is strong. Nobody can really deny that, as it’s been known about for decades. Here’sa clip from a hearing that was held on the topic in the 1950s to illustrate that point.

Apart from all this evidence, those from within mainstream media have spoken out multiple times about it….